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Ahhhh, okay, that makes a lot more sense. I was making the false assumption that he was just temporarily made a moderator of that sub-forum.

What kind of changes did he mostly request (aside from the usual reporting functionality)? Was it mostly just sticky/unsticky threads, or was there more to it?

I'd run it by him before I implemented it. It'll still be based on the forum software -- you'll still have a subforum with all the battle threads and stuff, just an extra landing page which is all pretty. And all of the more menial tasks would be automated, so it would be less work on your end.

Having such a system would only be more work on my part, and the cost of me implementing it once (and using it for both the Gar battles and MoteMote) is much less than having you guys do it by hand twice a year.

I strictly don't deal with politics; I don't know what the implications of having it be a Fakku-sponsored game would be. I'm not entirely clear on whether having a dedicated system to handle some of it makes it more Fakku-sponsored than having a subforum specifically set up for it.



Err, I always run every public-facing change I make through Jacob before doing it (aside from bugfixes). There's no harm in discussing a potential new system, then pitching it to Jacob to see how he feels about me implementing it. He's responsible for bouncing those ideas off the staff (and community at large). I by no means want to seem like I'm undercutting you guys.

For the sake of discussion, how was moderation for the previous Gar battle handled?

Anyway, instead of having the normal forum view, I did a rough mockup of what we can have instead --



EDIT: fuck you too, Imgur >:(

The goal here is to have the server do as much as possible so you guys can take control of the actual moderation (instead of maintaining stickies and everything else). Basically, you've got the current battle displayed on top with the vote buttons, then the bottom half of the page is divided into two columns -- the left is the most recent posts for the current battle's thread (and a quickreply box). The right is a list of the upcoming battles for the next week or so (whatever fits on the page).

Some points --

* We'll be able to just pre-load the system with a set of character name+images; we can have it autogenerate from there :
+ The bracket.
+ The bracket images (or however we lay that out) as the game progresses.
+ All of the battle threads.
+ The battle schedule.

* I kind of want to highlight posts in the battle threads based on how the person voted on that battle (though I imagine it'll be pretty clear). Maybe just on the front page.

* All of the threads are handled by the normal forum software -- the only thing that I think would be beneficial to change is the actual landing page (instead of a raw forum view) and automating some of the tasks.

Thoughts, comments, criticisms? How can we make this as streamlined as possible for both you guys and the users?

Okay gentlemen, quit your trolling -- this isn't IB. There's no reason we can't all work together on this.

Ah, sorry about that. Had no idea about the history of it -- it sounded like a fuckton of work (moderation is a nightmare to begin with -- and maintaining special threads and all kinds of stuff on top only frustrates the problem). Didn't realize I was hitting a weak spot with my sarcasm :(

That aside, Jacob wants to wait until we're sure the servers are 100% (one of them fucked up over the weekend -- firewall state table filled up and brought the machine down). I think I've got all the kinks worked out, but want to wait another week just to make sure nothing critical is going to break while we have an event going on. Kind of hard to predict what might fail in a live, high-traffic environment, unfortunately :(



I can't speak for him, but I'm pretty sure Jacob won't have a problem with that. How did it work before? Was it you + global moderators, you + small team, or just you? If the last, it might be prudent to spread the load across a couple other people so you don't get bogged down to the point where it's not enjoyable for you.

Anyway, I don't make decisions -- I'm just the grease on the wheels -- but my appreciation for the hard work you guys do is beyond measure, and I want to make sure you guys have both the tools you need and the good times you deserve.

EDIT:

Also, I don't know if a plain forum is necessarily the best medium to host these events. I'm not very familiar with the format, but if design (e.g., MS Paint me some images) the interfaces for what you'd like the area to look like, I can implement it.

WHAT SLAYER NEXUS IS TRYING TO SAY IS, MAKE SURE THE GIFT IS IN THE ENVELOPE BEFORE YOU PROCEED TO THE BEDROOM.

A miserable pile of secrets.



It's on both XBLA and Steam. Look it up.

And uhh, get ready to ragequit a lot.

You should invite some friends over to play with you ;_;

Or, better yet, pick up a copy of Super Meat Boy.

That's what I switched to when I got bored with my girlfriend.

Can you post the image which causes the issue on sadpanda/imgur/dropbox so I can try reproducing the error? Nothing comes to mind that would cause it to fail given your description.

It's basically an event like MoteMote where we choose a bunch of GAR characters and spend a couple weeks internet screaming about how GAR they are and then vote on them in a single-elimination bracket until we've decided on a single most GAR character.

More or less a good excuse to post an avalanche of GAR porn.

I mentioned it to Jacob and he made some good points; assuming nothing goes terribly wrong we'll have it up in a week or so or something (want to make sure we get all the kinks worked out of the new TWINCEST server setup before starting anything important).

NO YOUR STUPID



FFFFFFFFFF TEGUMI I WAS HOPING YOU WOULDN'T CATCH ME >:O

I GUESS I SHOULD DO THAT.

DON'T ANYONE DARE POST A PICTURE OF AUSCHWITZ.

I'm loving these H A M B U R G E R S.

Quantum entanglement.

No, it's a war of attrition.

IT'S LIKE SEX -- NOT ABOUT HOW GOOD YOU ARE OR HOW FAST YOUR TONGUE IS -- BUT RATHER HOW LONG YOU CAN LAST.

I think we'd just give whoever's in charge of organizing it mod powers in the Garfest forum. They could then sticky whatever threads needed to be made and stuff. Preferably a college student who is home over winter break with nothing to do.

Looks like Jacob's asleep right now, so it'll have to wait until later tonight at the earliest.



DULY NOTED SIR

Anyway I don't make decisions I just break stuff. When Jacob wakes up he'll figure out who should be in charge and we'll set everything up and stuff.

That's what she said.

EDIT: GOD I HAVE BEEN POSTING IN IB TOO MUCH I AM SORRY. It's just making the forum, right?

The only thing that would need to be done on the server end is to create a "Garfest 2010" forum and assign the appropriate moderator rights, correct? If so, I'll run it by Jacob.

I kind of think it would be interesting to have a separate dedicated interface for it (rather than just using the forum software to handle it), but don't have the time to design+implement one ;_;

If it doesn't work, let me know and I'll give it another whack <3